Method and apparatus for integrating a plurality of legacy access control systems with partitionable resources
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1. A method for determining access rights to a select portion or resource of a building having a building access control system capable of selectively allowing access to a portion or resource of the building, wherein said building houses one or more tenants, having one or more tenant-operated access control systems, the method comprising the steps of:
- obtaining, at a first computer in signal communication with a credential reader, a first indicium from a tenant credential via said credential reader;
transmitting said first indicium to said tenant-operated access control systems via a pseudo reader in signal communication with said first computer;
if one of said tenant-operated access control systems determines that said first indicium is valid, receiving, at said pseudo-reader, from said one tenant-operated access control system an indication that said first indicium is valid;
upon receipt of said indication,generating, by the pseudo-reader, a second indicium formatted to be compatible with said building access control system;
transmitting said second indicium to said building access control system; and
thereby allowing access to the selected portion or resource of the building upon receiving said second indicium by said building access control system.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus to integrate a plurality of sets of authorized credentials from a plurality of building tenants is disclosed, using networking techniques to allow partitioned access to common resources shared by those tenants.
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1. A method for determining access rights to a select portion or resource of a building having a building access control system capable of selectively allowing access to a portion or resource of the building, wherein said building houses one or more tenants, having one or more tenant-operated access control systems, the method comprising the steps of:
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obtaining, at a first computer in signal communication with a credential reader, a first indicium from a tenant credential via said credential reader; transmitting said first indicium to said tenant-operated access control systems via a pseudo reader in signal communication with said first computer; if one of said tenant-operated access control systems determines that said first indicium is valid, receiving, at said pseudo-reader, from said one tenant-operated access control system an indication that said first indicium is valid; upon receipt of said indication, generating, by the pseudo-reader, a second indicium formatted to be compatible with said building access control system; transmitting said second indicium to said building access control system; and thereby allowing access to the selected portion or resource of the building upon receiving said second indicium by said building access control system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system for controlling access to select portions or resources of a building, wherein said building houses one or more tenants, said system comprising:
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a credential reader capable of receiving a first indicium from a tenant credential; a first computer in signal communication with said credential reader; one or more tenant-operated access control systems comprising a tenant interface in signal communication with a pseudo reader; and a building access control system in signal communication with said pseudo-reader; wherein said credential reader provides said first indicium to said first computer;
said first computer provides said first indicium to said one or more tenant-operated access control systems via said pseudo reader to said tenant interface;one of said tenant-operated access control systems provides a signal to said pseudo-reader if said first indicium is valid; and said pseudo-reader, on receipt of said signal, provides to said building access control system a second indicium formatted to be compatible with said building access control system to allow access to the selected portions or resources of the building upon receiving said second indicium by said building access control system. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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